Main ingredients 🥩
frozen manduonionoyster saucekatsudon saucevinegarred pepper powder
Solo Cooking God's Gimbap-style Gungmandu Kyou-don
A super simple kyou-don style rice bowl that creates a rich, hearty, and moist flavor using only the filling from frozen mandu, without needing expensive beef
🙋 Recommended for
- ⭐ Those who want to create a unique and hearty meal using leftover frozen mandu
- ⭐ Students looking to make a restaurant-quality rice bowl with minimal ingredients and tools
- ⭐ Anyone seeking a fail-safe, delicious combination of sweet-salty flavors from katsudon sauce and mandu filling
Ingredients needed 🛒1 servings
- frozen mandu 7 pieces or so
- onion 1/2 piece
- vegetable oil generously
- water 2/3 paper cup
- oyster sauce 1 tablespoon
- katsudon sauce 1 tablespoon
- sugar 1 tablespoon
- vinegar 1 tablespoon
- rice 1 bowl
- red pepper powder a little
- pepper a little
Recipe 🍳
- Use frozen mandu as the main ingredient instead of eggs or meat, and slice half an onion thinly and set aside.
- Heat vegetable oil generously in a frying pan, then place the frozen mandu in the pan and fry until all sides turn golden brown.
- Once the mandu are crispy, add the sliced onion to the pan and stir-fry together with the mandu.
- When the onion starts to develop a light golden hue, remove 3–4 mandu for plating and chop the rest with scissors, breaking open the fillings.
- Lightly stir the chopped mandu filling and onion, then pour in 2/3 paper cup of water to make it moist.
- Add oyster sauce 1 tablespoon, katsudon sauce 1 tablespoon, sugar 1 tablespoon, and vinegar 1 tablespoon. Stir well to evenly distribute the seasoning and simmer until the sauce thickens slightly.
- Place warm white rice into a serving bowl, then generously spoon the cooked mandu sauce on top.
- Arrange the reserved whole mandu neatly on top, then sprinkle red pepper powder and pepper to taste to finish.
- Heat oil in a pan, fry frozen mandu until golden, then add sliced onion and stir-fry together.
- Set aside a few mandu for presentation, chop the rest, and add water and seasonings (oyster sauce, katsudon sauce, sugar, vinegar) to create a moist sauce.
- Serve the sauce over rice, place the reserved mandu on top, and sprinkle red pepper powder and pepper to finish.
Cooking tips 💡
- The mandu filling already contains perfectly balanced seasoning with meat and vegetables, so no extra ingredients are needed for depth of flavor.
- Using scissors directly on the pan makes it easy and fast to chop the mandu while minimizing kitchen tools.
- The combination of katsudon sauce and vinegar easily recreates the tangy, savory umami flavor characteristic of traditional Japanese kyou-don.
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